RT Journal
A1 Peery TM
T1 HOrizons in pathology
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1959
FD December 12
VO 171
IS 15
SP 2065
OP 2068
DO 10.1001/jama.1959.03010330027008
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1959.03010330027008
AB The history of the Section on Pathology and Physiology reveals changes of name and shifts of emphasis that reflect the developments in both sciences since 1859. The recognition of pathology as a specialty followed the development of microscopy, and the formal training of specialists in pathology began in 1886. The rapid developments of the past 50 years justify certain predictions as to the future. Laboratory tests, largely mechanized to increase accuracy and facilitate handling of results, will be adapted to extensive screening programs. Pathology, while maintaining its status as a basic science, will emphasize its application to patients in hospitals, and medical students will be more regularly assigned to clerkships in clinical pathology before beginning their regular ward service.